2 dead, 50 nabbed in Cavite cop operations | Inquirer News

2 dead, 50 nabbed in Cavite cop operations

/ 12:53 PM March 04, 2020

Two men were killed in a shootout in Dasmariñas City, Cavite

Two men, still unidentified by the police, were killed in a shootout in Dasmariñas City, Cavite. The slain men allegedly stole a motorcycle. Photo from Cavite PNP

SAN PEDRO CITY –– Two people were killed, while 41 crime suspects were arrested in a 24-hour operation of the Cavite police.

Colonel Marlon Santos, Cavite police chief, said Wednesday that they have yet to identify the two male fatalities in the shootout that happened in Dasmariñas City around 11 p.m. Tuesday.

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In a message to the Inquirer, Santos said a team from the Dasmariñas police was dispatched for an anti-drug operation when it received a report about a stolen motorcycle earlier that evening.

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The vehicle owner said the suspects wore red helmets and black shirts.

As the police were doing its rounds, it noticed two men with motorcycles “suspiciously” parked in a dark portion of the Molino-Paliparan Road in Barangay Paliparan 3.

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The police approached the men but claimed they were immediately shot at, forcing authorities to return fire.

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Both suspects were killed instantly.

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Police recovered two guns of calibers .38 and .45, two sachets of alleged shabu (crystal meth), and the supposedly stolen motorcycle.

Elsewhere in the province, police arrested 22 suspected
drug dealers and recovered a total of 2 kilos and 8.34 grams of “shabu.”

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The biggest haul in the overnight operation came from the buy-bust conducted in Barangay Molino 3 in Bacoor City, where police arrested Junior Sakilan Utto and Misreen Suraik Utto.

Recovered from the Uttos were two kilos of alleged shabu worth at least P13.6 million, Santos said.

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The police also rounded up 28 people charged with various crimes, among them theft, robbery, and illegal drug possession, and sale of shabu.

Edited by Lzb
TAGS: Cavite, Crime, Crystal Meth, Local news, Regions, shabu

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